A set of printed circuit boards consists of a main board with at least one fragment intended for replacement and at least one replacement board, wherein said main board has openings in the dielectric layer placed along the edge line of the fragment intended for replacement, and between the openings there are bridges, and at least one of said bridges has an electric conductor thereon, and the replacement board has electric conductors in places matching the placement of the electric conductors of said bridges of the main board.
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1. A set of printed circuit boards, consisting of a main board with at least one fragment intended for replacement and at least one replacement board, wherein
said main board has openings in the dielectric layer, the openings comprising a main section placed along the edge line of the fragment intended for replacement and extending sections placed perpendicularly at the ends of the main section; and
between the openings there are bridges; and
at least one of said bridges has a conducting path thereon; and
the replacement board has conducting paths in places matching the placement of the conducting paths of said bridges.
16. A set of printed circuit boards, consisting of a main board with at least one fragment intended for replacement and at least one replacement board, wherein
said main board has openings in the dielectric layer, the openings comprising a main section placed along the edge line of the fragment intended for replacement; and
between the openings there are bridges; and
at least one of said bridges has a conducting path thereon; and
the replacement board has at its edges projections with conducting paths, the projections reaching the edge line of the main board, located in places matching the placement of the bridges of the main board.
13. A set of printed circuit boards, consisting of a main board with at least one fragment intended for replacement and at least one replacement board, wherein
said main board has openings in the dielectric layer, the openings comprising a main section placed along the edge line of the fragment intended for replacement; and
between the openings there are bridges; and
at least one of said bridges has a conducting path thereon with a via hole; and
the replacement board has conducting paths and pin-shaped contacts in places matching the placement of the via holes of said bridges, the pin-shaped contacts having diameter close to the diameter of the via holes.
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This application claims priority to Polish Application No. P-359888, filed Apr. 15, 2003, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a set of printed circuit boards, consisting of a main board, having at least one fragment intended for replacement, and at least one replacement board.
2. Brief Description of the Background of the Invention Including Prior Art
The U.S. Pat. No. 3,765,076 presents a printed circuit board having at least one defective contact along the edge thereof, which can be repaired by cutting away the defective contact and a portion of the underlying board to form a slot therein, and next a replacement terminal can be secured and electrically connected in place of the defective contact. However, that method refers only to contacts situated on the edge of the board and requires sophisticated tools to cut the contact away.
The U.S. Pat. No. 6,481,098 presents a method for manufacturing circuit boards where the defective circuit boards are cut and removed from the base plate and a spare unit is fixed in place of the defective board. That method is different from the present invention in the fact that its boards are not connected electrically and it refers to the production phase only (while the present invention refers to service phase).
Purposes of the Invention
It is an object of this invention to provide a set of printed circuit boards, consisting of a main board, having at least one fragment intended for replacement, and at least one replacement board, where the fragment intended for replacement may be replaced easily and without using sophisticated tools. This leads to lower costs of production and servicing of printed circuit boards. The replacement may take place when it is necessary to replace failed elements of the board or to change the functionality of a fragment of the board.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description, which follows.
Brief Description of the Invention
The set of printed circuit boards, according to the present invention, consists of a main board with at least one fragment intended for replacement and at least one replacement board, wherein said main board has openings in the dielectric layer placed along the edge line of the fragment intended for replacement, and between the openings there are bridges, and at least one of said bridges has an electric conductor thereon, and the replacement board has electric conductors in places matching the placement of the electric conductors of said bridges of the main board.
The openings in the dielectric layer can have the form of symmetrical geometric figures. Moreover, the openings may extend along the sides of the bridges and can be placed at the ends of the outer edges of the bridges, having a length smaller than one fourth of the bridge width.
Preferably, the bridges have a scratch on their top surface, marking the edge of cutting off the bridge.
The electric conductors can be electric wires or conducting paths.
Preferably, On the conducting paths of the replacement board, close to the edge, there can be pin-shaped contacts, and on the conducting paths of the main board, in places matching the placement of the pin-shaped contacts, there can be via holes with a diameter close to the diameter of the pin.
Preferably, on the conducting path of the bridge of the main board there can be a via hole, with walls covered with metal, and the conducting path of the replacement board can be connected by means of solder to the wall of the via hole.
The openings in the dielectric layer can be in the form of grooves of equal width, or in the form of perforation with circular or rectangular cross-section holes. The openings can also have the form of grooves of triangular or rectangular cross-section.
Preferably, the replacement board can have on its edges projections with conducting paths, reaching the border of the main board, and located in places matching the placement of the bridges of the main board.
The novel features, which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
In the accompanying drawings one of the possible embodiments of the present invention is shown, where:
Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate similar or corresponding features or functions. The drawings are not necessarily to scale; instead the emphasis is placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention.
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While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the true scope of the present invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt to a particular situation and the teaching of the present invention without departing from the central scope. Therefore, it is intended that the present invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out the present invention, but that the present invention include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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